ABSTRACT

PURPOSE:

This study is carried out in order to examine the variables that are affecting the consistency levels of infertile women at marriage.

METHOD:

The study is of descriptive type survey sheets and MAT are used in order to collect data. Data are gathered at Family Planning Infertility Research and Application Center of the Ege University rectorship. Universe of the study composed of all women that applied to infertility polyclinic of the Family Planning Infertility Research and Application Center of the Ege University Rectorship.Sample group composed of 144 volunter women that applied to the center for participating to the study between the dates 03/11/2006-12/1/2007 and that were determined according to improbabilty sampling. Number per cent, mean, variance, mann witney U test analyses were used in evaluation of the data.

Finding:

Mean age of the women that are taken into the scope of the study were 30.4±5.2. 39.6% of the women were literate and graduated from primary school, 31.9% of them were working at a work and their consistency point mean of marriage was found to be 46.29±6.98. No meaningful difference was found between the mean of consistency point in marriage and from whom the infertility stems (F=1.32 p>0.05). A meaningful difference was obtained between the mean of consistency point in marriage and experiencing social pressure about having a baby (Z=-2.762 p<0.001).

RESULT:

As a result of the study, it was found that the mean (46.29±6.98) of consistency point in marriage of infertile women was above the mean of the scale (43.5).